Stanton, Alderman love to slug in October

On Wednesday in the desert, two more Marlins made their Arizona Fall League debuts. LHP Patrick Monteverde (3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 49 pitches/30 strikes) relied on pitching to contact and Jay Beshears went 0-for-3 with a walk while starting at third base. LF Kemp Alderman homered for the second consecutive day and CF Andrew Pintar went 1-for-4 with a walk. The Peoria Javelinas won, 5-3.

Jesse Borek of MLB Pipeline spoke to Alderman about postponing his wedding to participate in the AFL and making "a conscientious effort" to drive balls to right-center field instead of to his pull side (left field). Both of Alderman's long balls this week having gone out the other way.

Here's more Marlins news and content:

🔷 Kevin Barral wrote about shadowy Marlins minority owner David Ott.

🔷 Join us for a new edition of Marlins Jeopardy tonight at 6:00 p.m. ET on YouTube/Twitter/Facebook. Special guest: Kyle Sielaff. Special format: trivia focused entirely on the 2024 Marlins season.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Tigers, Mets, Yankees and Dodgers won their respective ALDS/NLDS games. Francisco Lindor's grand slam accounted for all of the Mets' scoring as they eliminated the favored Phils, who won only one postseason game coming off their best regular season since 2011. Giancarlo Stanton delivered three of his team's four hits, including a game-winning solo home run in the eighth inning, his 12th homer in 30 career postseason games. The Tigers and Dodgers both shut out their opponents without using conventional starting pitchers. The roof of Tropicana Field was severely damaged by Hurricane Milton.

🔷 Today's MLB postseason schedule:

• Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers, 6:08 p.m. ET (ALDS Game 4)
• New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals, 8:08 p.m. ET (ALDS Game 4)